Daily Archives: December 10, 2018

2018-12-10: News Headlines

WSWS (2018-12-11). Australian university moves to sack academic critical of Israeli and US wars. wsws.org The University of Sydney's suspension of Tim Anderson is aimed at intimidating students and academics opposed to escalating militarism and war.

Alison Weir (2018-12-10). AIPAC Affiliated Group Targets 'Pacific Progressive Leaders' for Israel Propaganda Trips. mintpressnews.com An $85 million Israel advocacy organization is taking local American officials identified as "progressive" on propaganda trips to Israel. While no one will divulge the rosters, we have a few names of California participants in these extravagant, influence peddling affairs

aljazeera (2018-12-10). Qatari envoy says Gaza airport was proposed, Israel unresponsive. aljazeera.com Qatari Ambassador Mohammed al-Emadi accuses Israel of procrastinating over Gulf state's request to build Gaza airport.

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (2018-12-10). Marc Lamont Hill Was Arguing for the Rights of Humans, Not of States. thenation.com Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Marc Lamont Hill Was Arguing for the Rights of Humans, Not of States…

teleSUR (2018-12-10). Israeli Occupation Forces Raid Palestinian News Agency Wafa. telesurenglish.net Israeli Occupying Force raided the official Palestinian news agency Wafa Monday in the occupied West Bank. Wafa said on its website that troops entered the server room and went through recordings at its main office in West Bank city of Ramallah. | RELATED: | Pink Floyd Tribute Band Cancels Israel Shows at Waters' Request | "They withdrew from the age…

aljazeera (2018-12-10). Marc Lamont Hill and the Israeli lobby on US campuses. aljazeera.com Calls for Marc Lamont Hill's 'dismissal' from Temple University shows Israel is losing the battle at US universities.

teleSUR (2018-12-10). Palestine: Abbas to Disband Hamas-dominated Legislative Council. telesurenglish.net Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that he will dissolve the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) soon without giving an exact date. But the dissolution will be carried out "in a legal manner." | RELATED: | Pink Floyd Tribute Band Cancels Israel Shows at Waters' Request | "In a legal manner, we will dissolve the…

Jewish Voice for Peace (2018-12-10). Jewish Voice for Peace Targets CNN over Dr. Marc Lamont Hill Firing, for Having Defended Palestinian Rights. globalresearch.ca This morning CNN executives woke up to an ad chastising the network in the popular Sunday edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which reaches over 900,000 people. | In the paper of record, in CNN's hometown, activists sent a powerful message in …

aljazeera (2018-12-10). The Seed Queen of Palestine. aljazeera.com Can one woman's mission to revive ancient heirloom seeds inspire a celebration of traditional Palestinian food?>

972 Magazine (2018-12-10). Israel Trying To Defund +972 Magazine. iranian.com Israel asked the German government to pressure two left-leaning political foundations to stop funding +972 Magazine, according to a report in the German media Thursday. +972 was able to independently verify the report. The total contributions from the two foundations, Heinrich Bà∂ll Stiftung and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, comprise only 9 percent of +972's overall 2018 budget as […]

Whitney Webb (2018-12-07). While Israel Lobby Blocks BDS in Chile at the Local Level, National-Level BDS Looms. mintpressnews.com While Zionist groups celebrate the Valdivia outcome as a win, recent actions at the national level in Chile suggest that Chile could soon follow Ireland and become the next country to support BDS as a nation.

Motasem Dalloul (2018-12-07). The Significance of the US Israel Failure at the UN General Assembly. mintpressnews.com The US and Israel exerted a lot of effort in trying to ensure that the resolution was passed because while General Assembly resolutions are non-binding on member states, they are considered to be a barometer of world opinion.

Alison Weir (2018-12-07). In 1991 George H.W. Bush Took on the Israel Lobby, and Paid for It. mintpressnews.com In 1991 President George H.W. Bush held up a $10 billion loan guarantee to Israel over Israel's continued settlement building. Bush won the battle, but eventually lost the war, a lesson that politicians have remembered ever since…

teleSUR Desk (2018-12-07). Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib to lead delegation to Palestine. mronline.org Tlaid , one of two Muslim women who are the first to be elected to U.S. Congress, says she supports BDS and intends to shift perspective on the Palestinian-Israel conflict. | Source

Muhammad Shehada (2018-12-06). We Shouldn't Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza. thenation.com We Shouldn't Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza…

PEDRO (2018-12-06). Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance. bdsmovement.net Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance: BNC StatementWhile Brazil's new president wants to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump moving the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem, and Rio de Janeiro's new governor wants to buy Israeli weaponized drones, Palestinian and Rio de Janeiro's favelas' social movements call for a joint and global struggle agains…

Middle East Monitor (2018-12-06). Is the Israeli Military Operation Along the Border With Lebanon for Real? theantimedia.com (MEMO Opinion) — The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced suddenly on Tuesday morning the start of a massive military operation along the border with Lebanon. The reason, said the IDF, is to search for "offensive" tunnels dug by Hezbollah which, according to a report on Israeli Army Radio, are "penetrating Israeli soil and have been prepared for carrying out terror …

Democracy Now! (2018-12-05). Headlines for December 5, 2018. democracynow.org Senators Say Crown Prince Is Guilty in Khashoggi Murder After CIA Briefing, Mueller Not Seeking Jail Time for Flynn, Cites "Substantial Assistance", Politico: NRCC Emails Hacked in 2018 Midterms, Georgia Voters Elect Republican Secretary of State, Congressmembers Call for Labor Sec. Acosta Probe over Epstein Plea Deal, DOJ Senior Official Allowed to Get Away with Sexual Assault, Federal Gov. Shuts Down for Nat'l Day of Mourning, Somalia: U.S. Reopens Permanent Diplomatic Presence, Pompeo Gives Russia 60 Days to Comply with Nuclear Treaty, West Bank: Israeli Forces Kill Disabled Palestinian in Overnight Raid, Moro…

stuart_m (2018-11-30). Israel escalating the demolition of Palestine. greenleft.org.au When it comes to the infrastructure of genocide, you could illustrate it using almost any photo of a school, house, shop or village in the West Bank. You could bookmark a Google maps page of a particular West Bank town — then look again in three or six months time and note the destruction wrought. | This is one way of keeping track of the demolitions of Palestinian homes and Israel's attempts to impose an "Israeli only" identity on the landscape. | There has been a redoubling of Israeli efforts to evict Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and deny remaining Palestinian residents the right to a livelihoo…

LEILI (2018-11-26). Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians. bdsmovement.net Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians: Update"We appeal to progressives and social movements everywhere to pressure their governments to impose strict military embargoes on all states that are perpetrating crimes against hu…

ziyaad (2018-11-20). Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability. bdsmovement.net Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability: BNC StatementAirbnb's decision to end its business in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is an important first step. It unfortunately fails to cover settlements in East Jerusalem, which is also occupied according to international law. All Isr…

Phyllis Bennis (2018-11-14). The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire. zcomm.org Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire…

Huzaifa Zoomkawala (2018-11-12). Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education. zcomm.org And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read more…

Max Blumenthal (2018-10-28). Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric. grayzoneproject.com As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed…

2018-12-10: Social Media Postees

Australian university moves to sack academic critical of Israeli and US wars
WSWS | wsws.org | 2018-12-11
The University of Sydney's suspension of Tim Anderson is aimed at intimidating students and academics opposed to escalating militarism and war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/11/ande-d11.html

Palestine: Abbas to Disband Hamas-dominated Legislative Council
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-10
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that he will dissolve the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) soon without giving an exact date. But the dissolution will be carried out "in a legal manner." | RELATED: | Pink Floyd Tribute Band Cancels Israel Shows at Waters' Request | "In a legal manner, we will dissolve the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestine-Abbas-to-Disband-Hamas-dominated-Legislative-Council-20181210-0008.html

AIPAC Affiliated Group Targets 'Pacific Progressive Leaders' for Israel Propaganda Trips
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-10
An $85 million Israel advocacy organization is taking local American officials identified as "progressive" on propaganda trips to Israel. While no one will divulge the rosters, we have a few names of California participants in these extravagant, influence peddling affairs | The post AIPAC Affiliated Group Targets 'Pacific Progressive Leaders' for Israel Propaganda Trips appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/aipac-affiliated-group-targets-pacific-progressive-leaders-for-israel-propaganda-trips/252693/

Qatari envoy says Gaza airport was proposed, Israel unresponsive
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2018-12-10
Qatari Ambassador Mohammed al-Emadi accuses Israel of procrastinating over Gulf state's request to build Gaza airport.
aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/qatari-envoy-gaza-airport-proposed-israel-unresponsive-181210155912095.html

Jewish Voice for Peace Targets CNN over Dr. Marc Lamont Hill Firing, for Having Defended Palestinian Rights
Jewish Voice for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-10
This morning CNN executives woke up to an ad chastising the network in the popular Sunday edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which reaches over 900,000 people. | In the paper of record, in CNN's hometown, activists sent a powerful message in … | The post Jewish Voice for Peace Targets CNN over Dr. Marc Lamont Hill Firing, for Having Defended Palestinian Rights appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/jewish-voice-for-peace-targets-cnn-over-dr-marc-lamont-hill-firing-for-having-defended-palestinian-rights/5662435

Israeli Occupation Forces Raid Palestinian News Agency Wafa
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2018-12-10
Israeli Occupying Force raided the official Palestinian news agency Wafa Monday in the occupied West Bank. Wafa said on its website that troops entered the server room and went through recordings at its main office in West Bank city of Ramallah. | RELATED: | Pink Floyd Tribute Band Cancels Israel Shows at Waters' Request | "They withdrew from the age…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Occupation-Forces-Raid-Palestinian-News-Agency-Wafa-20181210-0015.html

Marc Lamont Hill and the Israeli lobby on US campuses
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2018-12-10
Calls for Marc Lamont Hill's 'dismissal' from Temple University shows Israel is losing the battle at US universities.
aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/marc-lamont-hill-israeli-lobby-campuses-181210102910020.html

Marc Lamont Hill Was Arguing for the Rights of Humans, Not of States
Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II | thenation.com | 2018-12-10
Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Marc Lamont Hill Was Arguing for the Rights of Humans, Not of States…
thenation.com/article/marc-lamont-hill-cnn-palestine-israel-un/

The Seed Queen of Palestine
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2018-12-10
Can one woman's mission to revive ancient heirloom seeds inspire a celebration of traditional Palestinian food?>…
aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2018/12/seed-queen-palestine-181209110212131.html

Israel Trying To Defund +972 Magazine
972 Magazine | iranian.com | 2018-12-10
Israel asked the German government to pressure two left-leaning political foundations to stop funding +972 Magazine, according to a report in the German media Thursday. +972 was able to independently verify the report. The total contributions from the two foundations, Heinrich Bà∂ll Stiftung and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, comprise only 9 percent of +972's overall 2018 budget as […] | The post Israel Trying To Defund +972 Magazine appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/12/10/israel-defund-972-magazine/

German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly
LEILI | bdsmovement.net | 2018-12-08
German Court Confirms BDS Advocacy is Protected Freedom of Expression and Assembly: In the NewsA German court confirms that advocating for BDS and Palestinian rights constitutes freedom of expression and assembly, rights that are protected by the German constitution and are essential for democracy. The court ruled that the German city of Oldenburg unlawfully violated these fundamental rights when it revoked a perm…
bdsmovement.net/news/german-court-confirms-bds-advocacy-protected-freedom-expression-and-assembly

The Significance of the US Israel Failure at the UN General Assembly
Motasem Dalloul | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-07
The US and Israel exerted a lot of effort in trying to ensure that the resolution was passed because while General Assembly resolutions are non-binding on member states, they are considered to be a barometer of world opinion. | The post The Significance of the US Israel Failure at the UN General Assembly appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/the-significance-of-the-us-israel-failure-at-the-un-general-assembly/252670/

Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib to lead delegation to Palestine
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2018-12-07
Tlaid , one of two Muslim women who are the first to be elected to U.S. Congress, says she supports BDS and intends to shift perspective on the Palestinian-Israel conflict. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/12/07/congresswoman-elect-rashida-tlaib-to-lead-delegation-to-palestine/

While Israel Lobby Blocks BDS in Chile at the Local Level, National-Level BDS Looms
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-07
While Zionist groups celebrate the Valdivia outcome as a win, recent actions at the national level in Chile suggest that Chile could soon follow Ireland and become the next country to support BDS as a nation. | The post While Israel Lobby Blocks BDS in Chile at the Local Level, National-Level BDS Looms appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/israel-lobby-blocks-bds-in-chile-at-local-level-national-level-bds-looms/252662/

In 1991 George H.W. Bush Took on the Israel Lobby, and Paid for It
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2018-12-07
In 1991 President George H.W. Bush held up a $10 billion loan guarantee to Israel over Israel's continued settlement building. Bush won the battle, but eventually lost the war, a lesson that politicians have remembered ever since… | The post In 1991 George H.W. Bush Took on the Israel Lobby, and Paid for It appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/in-1991-george-h-w-bush-took-on-the-israel-lobby-and-paid-for-it/252650/

We Shouldn't Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza
Muhammad Shehada | thenation.com | 2018-12-06
We Shouldn't Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza…
thenation.com/article/we-shouldnt-lie-to-ourselves-nonviolent-resistance-is-alive-and-powerful-in-gaza/

Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance
PEDRO | bdsmovement.net | 2018-12-06
Palestinians and Brazilians Call For Joint Struggle Against Israel-Bolsonaro Alliance: BNC StatementWhile Brazil's new president wants to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump moving the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem, and Rio de Janeiro's new governor wants to buy Israeli weaponized drones, Palestinian and Rio de Janeiro's favelas' social movements call for a joint and global struggle agains…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-and-brazilians-call-joint-struggle-against-israel-bolsonaro-alliance

Is the Israeli Military Operation Along the Border With Lebanon for Real?
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-12-06
(MEMO Opinion) — The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced suddenly on Tuesday morning the start of a massive military operation along the border with Lebanon. The reason, said the IDF, is to search for "offensive" tunnels dug by Hezbollah which, according to a report on Israeli Army Radio, are "penetrating Israeli soil and have been prepared for carrying out terror …

Is the Israeli Military Operation Along the Border With Lebanon for Real?

Israel escalating the demolition of Palestine
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-30
When it comes to the infrastructure of genocide, you could illustrate it using almost any photo of a school, house, shop or village in the West Bank. You could bookmark a Google maps page of a particular West Bank town — then look again in three or six months time and note the destruction wrought. | This is one way of keeping track of the demolitions of Palestinian homes and Israel's attempts to impose an "Israeli only" identity on the landscape. | There has been a redoubling of Israeli efforts to evict Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and deny remaining Palestinian residents the right to a livelihoo…
greenleft.org.au/content/israel-escalating-demolition-palestine

Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians
LEILI | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-26
Palestinian Civil Society Urges World Governments to Impose a Military Embargo on Saudi Regime Over Khashoggi Murder and War Crimes in Yemen, On Israel for War Crimes and Apartheid Against Palestinians: Update"We appeal to progressives and social movements everywhere to pressure their governments to impose strict military embargoes on all states that are perpetrating crimes against hu…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-civil-society-urges-world-governments-impose-military-embargo-saudi-regime-over

Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-20
Airbnb's Decision to Exit Israel's Illegal Settlements: A Partial Victory for Human Rights & Accountability: BNC StatementAirbnb's decision to end its business in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is an important first step. It unfortunately fails to cover settlements in East Jerusalem, which is also occupied according to international law. All Isr…
bdsmovement.net/news/airbnbs-decision-exit-israels-illegal-settlements-partial-victory-human-rights-accountability

The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire
Phyllis Bennis | zcomm.org | 2018-11-14
Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-crisis-in-gaza-and-a-potential-ceasefire/

Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education
Huzaifa Zoomkawala | zcomm.org | 2018-11-12
And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/palestine-fadwa-tuqans-poems-and-data-on-womens-education/